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Adings, istopher Ch el. s. pr. tos. 67R ce the Veoe- Lir:A of acuity %ration, relief, In ,thc eati, as ;e ny legs diead tor the on it, Tuti3t. to de recoM. great 4 :asion . atelut, E 14 . of Sur.4 ondon r arty-siX cure 6 t v`arts, f men of ses, hrt itoLoly Nil; bet ige sek- .once of 35, St. 3, Ox. Tow r. Mac: and 5y tainand , ith futi ex naafi with , nets ig Nuw other4 5433. J . 1 ? TIME. TI-IFATRE t kv [WY +L. COVENT-GARVEN. .0 -MORROW. EVENING, Feb. 10, 1810, will be used with tN)i er nil ed called !. tow Drama,.in Three Ads, inter THE FREE KNIGHTS; Or, THE EDICT OF CHARLEMAGNE. To which will be added. the Farce of IS HE A PRINCE? SIXTH TIME. LYCEUM THEATRE. , P ,dirthe Special Licenseot the LORD CHAMBEF'.LAI N, u ranted for the present Seasbn to the joint application of all Parties principally interested. THEIR Maje4ties' Servants, forming the COM PANY of the late DRURY LANE THEATRE, t 4l . THIS PRESENT EVENING, February 9, !Si°, rform a new Play, in Five Alts, founded on Massinger's weedy kit The City Madam, called RICHES ! Or, THE WIFE AND BROTHER. To which will he added, the Cotnedy of THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. `T r( * ) ..rnontivv, Richei! or, The Ihrte and Brother; with jtevie* ; or, rue Wags of Windsor. VICTUALLING-OFFICE, • Feb. 6, [gr.:). COMMISSIONERSHE for VICTUALLING 0 , WS 11A Eq . f's A' ;WY d, hereby give Notice, That the 16ththey r:vili be re di? to receive Tenders in sealed ), and treat tor - riper flan.ired Bag* of hj•NTisH HOY , of the growth of the Year igog, to be de eral in ,ne Month into his Majeity's Viartalling Stores at c vlsorouth ; T;ns o , COCO A; to be delivered within t%..tr sane Pe- Intolii's Majesty's Viduatting Stores at Deptford ; and ei; l :lYYzite Tons; of MUSCOVAI)) SUG R, to be deliver -4,7 foe :,-41„Ar Parkars, in the pore of a F u r, , ,,ght, into his c. i i'sfY's Artily `Viduailing St . ores in Saint Catharine's. ' 6, `whole to be answerable to Sampler t be produced tyith tat_ e lreiv e T emaeas , and to be paid for by Bills, pay age with In.. r "e . e e ninefy dayt.ellei date. I:sh Comaitions of th e aniratir may be seen at the Sq ry reta'a 414 ' . . i,poAn regard Tall be bad to any Tender in which the Price shalt , insert 4 in wolds at 'lentil?, or that shall not be delivered io bet, e Une o'Llock on the said F. iday, Ike Loth I , sl. the Person nchontakes the Tender, or some Person an bit ansue. is hen calhd . • • ifiANSPORT-OFFICE, ?Pt . 29. xSze. COMMiSSJONERS for undueting His 1114 tb.S Y's l'R ANSPORT SRVIGE, Jro hiking V I t of Sick and 'Wounded g ive nd tire. Care and Custody r,,,,,"10ners of kkar, he , ely N That ihrs , win be 1 ,...,4 , al ibis Office,. on Tmesday, the 13th ofFebruary, ISto, to re -1:41' sealed Tender,s, ad'treatwith such Pervonr as m,',y be nod!. 4,g . &contrail for Prisoners of Warin Health aid %Ono, a t P u rcbester Castle, Hants, for Six illooribs certain LI th e Ist of .dpril next. 1. 4 ' 1 0 Tender Will be received after One o'Clock on the D ay ' o f • rein , .31; nor any noticed, unless the Party, or an Agent for 'him, ot , :?4,,ity attend. tach Tender must be accompanied ky a Letter tuts respellabk Persons engaging to become bound with the ' l2 4 o'7'w:doing, in the Sum of z 0,5,1. for the'due ferf.nmanci.f •wt"bntrati. eaither Particulars may be known kr applying at ibis Office, • o Cap, Paterson, Dorchester Castle, or Capt. Woodriff, Parton, 'reir Cusp . oil. PUBLIC OtflCEy BU W-STREET, Feb. .3, 'aro. riPtY GUINEAS REWARD. VOLEN, on or about the :.sth nit. a BANK NOTE for Five Hundred Pounds, No. 1,43 i, dated 28th & tceinber, 1809. Whoever wilt give su ch information to Mr. • tatfordi Chief Clerk at the above Offiee, as may be the 1 I , l l taits of conviding the Person or Persons who stole the sa i d fete, and tecovering the same, shall receive FIF TY GUI. gEAS REWARD from the Owner. R.B. Payment of the said Note is stopped at tht Rank, at ion of it prevented at all the Country BankerS t hroughout the Kingdom. 'WEDNESDAY. INTIFT arid Co. milind-their Friends and the Public, that the LOTTERY will. Elegin and Finish drawing on WEDNESDAY the,4th.-The Scheme con 'dins only 5,000 Numbers, and the following CAPITAL PRIZES: . 4 o f ,c2 t 'o,ooo 12 -=of - ,Ci;Ooo 4 - 5,000 120 .0 - sou.. Besides 4,960 inferior Prizes from tool. to Isl. 4,050 - a i,006 is; --a - S4B - -- - 500 54 8 loss - - - 500 Were Sold and Snared in the last Lottery, At SWIFT and CoN Olficet, No. it, Poultry, No. 22, Charing-cross. and No. 31, Aldgate High-street ; where Prizes in former Lotteries, aniounting to upwards of a Ml L LION STERLING, have been Sold iii Shares. CHEAP. LOTTERY TICK.ICMS HARES. IVAESSRS. HODGES, MARTER , ,DRUM , MOND, PORTER, and HUGHES, at 'No. tt7, 4- all-Mall, No. 1, PiaZza, Covent-garden, No. 14, -Parlia-• kent-street, No. 65i Fleet-street, and No. tzt Newgate !treet.--The Public are respealully informed, that they may be supplied with TICK ETS and SHARES in. the present STATE LOTTERY, at the following reduced Prices, 'viz. A Ticket - - 14 o ttn Halt ir t t o An Eighth ,C 2 18 6 A Quarter - 16 6 A Sixteenth - t 9 6 The Payment of the Prizes of the Shares is secured by Go. vernment, as the Ticicets *from which they are maile are all 4ePositeriat the Stamp-Office. N.B. Clubs, Societies, Stage-Coachmen, and Carriers, *lll be allowed a handsome Discount. Registers, gratis. NEXT WEDNESDAY. BISH, who, in the LAST LOTTERY, sold • in Shares: • . 2,618 .A ; Zao,ooo 2,60 D ,Cao,ooo 4,099 5,000 I IS;_ - B 1,000 830 - . - - 40001 34) - B .1,000 44g - D - ol 45 - C - icte now selling TICKETS and SNARES for the C RAND LOTTERY that Begins and Finishes on WEDNESDAY The Schette contains '5,000 Numbers, 46. Capitals, .5,0c0 Writes, and 20 0 ,6 0 ° 1 . in Money , a l l to.be distributed in ONE VAY I ! And one Number must lain Eighty Thodsand rounds. Persons in the Country.may be supplied with Tickets or Sharps, by sending their. arders (Post or Carriage paid), ac companied with good Bills, Bank Notes, or Post-Office Or. ,tiers, to eiher of BISH's Offices, No. 4, CORNHILL, or 9, CHARING-CROSS. 'PAID ON DbMAND, 2,618 . ' L 20,000 133 10,294 . ze,ooo , 8,83 t - - t 8,544 - 23,000 8,716 1 9 , 544 - - - 20,000 19,570 - . - 10,000 17,127 - - Besides Prizes of 2,0001. 1,0001. scol. &c. This s t and List of Capital Prizes Nvere sold in Shares - in the last and three preceding Lotteries, at the old-established State Lottery Offices, 26, COruhill, and St. Margaret's Hill, Borough, of HORNSBY and Co. who wen; also the first to :all two Prizes of 3 0 , 0 001. HORNSBY and Co. respeettolly solicit the fa vours of the Public in the NEW STATE LOT TERY, which abounds with capital Chances; they also beg leave tp assure their , Fr iends, that they. wil use their best endeavours to procure Prizes worthy their possessing. TICKETS and SHARES are selling at the lowest Prices, and all Orders by Post or Carrier executed to any part of the globe, on the same terms as it present. To be DraWn in ONE DAY,. WEDNESbifa NEXT. Two, three, and tour Tickets of the same Number may be had, so that 40,0001. 60,0001. or 8 ),0001. can be ob tained by one Ativentuse. - 410,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 4.00? Vgot. a rd FRIDAY FRERTJA.tr 9, 1810. THE INQUIRY. -~ - - MINUTES OF EVIDENCE; Taken before the Committee of the whole Houae; imiciinted to conaider of the Policy and Condud of the late-Expedi tion to the Scheidt. FIRST . DAY, FZII. 2. The Right Hon. Sir DAVID DUNDAS, K. B. Com mander in Chief of the Army, was called in. The Right Hon. Sir IoHN ANL - ley/Hee, Bart. intlic Chaff. Examined by the Committee. At what time were.you first made acquainted by his Majesty's liVlinsters with their intention of send ing an expedition to . the Scheldt ? — lt was on t he 22d of March that I Was desired - by Lord Castle reagh to attend a Cabinet that was to be held on the 24th at Burlington-house. On the i Bth of March I had been appointed Commander in Chief. . What was the nature and substance of the com munication made to you by Lord Castlereagh ?—lt was to attend the Privy Council upon the subject of a proposed expedition to Walchelen, arid an attack on the French fleet there; that was the general in formation I had, and on that subject I was desired to attend to be asked a question by the Counc:l. By- the Privy Council you mean the Cabinet ? —I do. Did you in .consequence attend on the 24th ? I did. Have the goodness to r' late what passed between you and his Majesty's Ministers on the 24th with respect to the expedition ?--I have,a memorandum to that effect, which I will read, if I may permitted. Th'e object was the -propriety and Possibility of an immediate attack on the-Island ofWalcheren, and particularly on Flushing, and on the French Fleet of nine or ten. sail of the. line, which was at that time in the harbour of that place not in a. state to proceed to sea . . The.attempt was represented as from many considerations most desirable, tur the Navy had then a large disposable force,. and also" that it. should be made within a short limited time, - depending upon the tidei; for it was to be apprehended that on the smallest alarm 'the enemy would withdraw their ships from!. Flushing, 'and carry them up the Scheldt to Antvticrp. Fifteen .or sixteen thousand land forces were considered as necessary for this operation, and I was desired. to state whether such . a force 'could at that time-be assembled,, This I was i not then enabled to do in the affirmative. [The Witness was dire&ed to withdraw.] The Chairman was directed to repoit progress, and ask leave to sit again. , : *hen was the next communication relattile to th e expedition to• the Scheldt ?—On the Ibth' of May, Lord Castlereagh requested my sentiments on, the praEticability of an attempt on the enemy's naval establishment in the Scheldt, the extent of means it would require, and the mode by which it could best be Carried into execution, for the consideration of his sajesty's Ministers ; on the 3d of June my answer was transmitted on the aboVe subject to Lord Castlereagh. Cati: j , ou state the substance of your answer to Lord Ckistlerea4l ?-4 have - that answer here, and also his Lord Ship's letter to me. [Sir David Dundas delivered in a letter from Lord Castle reagh to himself, dated May 29, '8.9.; and his answer, dated 3i lune, 1809, which were read.] (Confidential„) —Copy of a Letter from Lord CAST I.EREA Gil to the Commander in Chief. SECOND DAY, F Es. S. " SIR, Downing-street, 29th May, 149. " The naval establishment which the .enerny has created in the Scheldt has already led to the con struaion of not less than 20 sail of the line in dif ferent stages et equipment, and promises to receive at nu distant period an extension in point of number of ships, and a. solidity in point of defence,. , vhion must render it, as a maritime position, not only. extremely formidable to the security of Great Bri tain, but still more invulnerable to attack. These considerations have long attraaed the serious atten tion of his Majesty's Government, and they feel it their duty to investigate with the formidable means, both naval and military, which h's Majesty has at present at his disposal, how far it is possible to strike a blow against the enemy's naval resources in that quarter, including the destruction of their arse nal at Antwerp, and the ships stationed in different parts of the Scheldt between Antwerp and Flush ing. " The extreme importance of this subject am persuaded, induce you to give it your best atten tion, and I have to request that you will favour me with your sentiments for the consideration of his Majesty's Ministers upon the practicability of such .an attempt; upon the extent of means it would re quire, and the mode by which it could best be car ried into execution. The ,intelligence received 'from the Northern parts of France, from Flanders, and frond Holland, although not such as will,enable me to furnish you with any precise statement of the enemy's force on that. line ; represents them .as drained as low, if not lower than at any former period, of regular troops; and I apprehend it may be- generally assumed, that we can never expect to.find the enemy more exposed or more assailable in that quarter ; nor is it probable that Great Britain,Will ever have a Lager disposable force applicable to such a service than at the present moment.. • The Eight Hon. Sit' DAVID DUNDAS, K.B. cone nzander in Chief of the Army was called in. Examined by the Committee. , . • PRICE SIXPENCE 11A.CYPEIN;Nk - - • " I have, &c. (Signed) " CASTLEREAGH." The Right lion. the com,nander in Chief, , from the situation of his strong., garrisori towns.: where the sick and wounded must be abandoned whenever they become so, from .want of cartiage; mliere - -ifeqessity• would soon induce rapin'e; der; and gteat loss; where, it 'such an arrnyWai not sooner' , arrested 'in. its p`rOgre , ,s, it must !arrive aft& a march of above 100 miltis, at: its :(.lestinbci point, and before' a great town (Antwerp), suffi cientlY for:ified to require - a .regular siege;. and which this army could.not carry on, ,unless the exertions of the fleet, and of another considerable body. of troops, had opened and ensured a communicationty the Scheldt. • " During such a march, had some of the defen sible towns even opened their gates, - it is 'evident such an Army' could not 'diminish its' numbers by leaving garrisons to occupy them, and thereby at temptingto keep up a communication with the original paint of landing, vihere possibly _a, fortress (Ostend) may have been secured, but which fortress is not such a one as can efleCtually corer and secure the re-embarkation of a considerable corps. Sup- posing after such a march the main obje(:t .of th expedition to have been attained in the destruCtion • of the enemy's fleet, it is evident that the army could not calculate (from the time and - force thla enemy must have acquired) on returning by the same route, but most trust from the previous inea= sures taken and tts own exertions, to retur❑ (having accomplished its object) by the Scheldt. • • €‘ If it therefore appears that the advance throucylt - Flanders is attended with very great difficulties, and that at any-rate a return by the Schtid•t is the Most expedient and eligible; it would follow also that the attack should be direeted from that side, and be a combined .naval and land operation, the detail of which must be well considered and arranged by . both services. " In whatever way Antwerp is to be approached or taken, the service is One of very great risk, and in which the safe return of the army 'so employed may be very precarious, from the opposition made ; and the.length of time. cor.sumtd in the operarictn; which ..enables the enemy to assemble in , a short time a great : force ' from every part of the Net her= lands and Holland, and even from Westphalia by the course.of thellhine, as' well as from tire frontiit of France. D. Du DAs." " 3d June Ito% Horse Guards." Are you' in possession of the opinions of other officers given upon the same subjett ?—Yies, I am in possession of four .opinions I have thetri not here. Whose opinions were they ?-0£ the Adjntant- General, the Quarler-Master*-General, the Deputy - Quirter-Master-General, and of Colonel Gordon; who is my Secretary. Were those opinions in writing ?=-They were in writing.. Are they in your:offiCe ?-They are in my office. (Copy.)—Paper transmitted .(tune j(i) to Lord CASTLE.. kiAGH in answer to 'his - late of the 29th of May; 1809. 'Were ihose itlividual , op . inions, or were they the . " The object to be attained as stated, is a most result of any militaey consultation?--They s•vere important and desirable One, but the force we have t opinions that those Gentlemen wrote' by my d:r 'C... icon; separate opieions ; 'separate papers; and these to employ must be considered, and the difficulties' papers • were • , Sent to: the , Settetary of ' Stale along and risks they have to encounter from the enemy's' strength and advantages, must be 'well 'weighed. • with my own opinion:, -• • . ; •: . . ~ -t. , - " Our utmost means may be reckoned at about : What was the next corennunteation-in point of 5 or 30,000 infantry, and sor 6000-cavalry.. time which - yo'u had with his Majesty's Mea;ite'ra " There appear to be two routesby which such" upon, this subjea ?—On the 18th of June Lord Cas an army might' undertake to apProach from the tlereagli transmitted his Majesty's pleasure for hold ing in readiness'for imMediate embarkation '35,000 "'lat. From Ostend, or its neighbOurhood, by . infantry and' 1800 avaliy l : on the 22d,- the Com a march of above one hundred mile, through the niandet; in Chief transmitted to Lord Castlereagh a country of Flanders,' and by Alost, Vilvarde, and detailed state of force to proceed on service, with a Malines ' - Staff, civil ;and Military, the fore..! ailiotinOig to 2d. B ; naval and land operations within the 35,400 infantry, and .1800 'cavalry ; also -the force Scheldt,' and along that river, to Antwerp; first' that would remain in Great Britain, Ireland,and the occupying the Islands of Walcheren and Sod Be- Islands• in the Channel. veland, and probablY the opposite banks of ' the . 'Does that number . include the Foot Guards and Scheldt." . • calculation , the ,Artillery ?—The Foot Guards bat not the Ara Every or prospe of successful at- ti4err; "infanta'} I call them. 41 ,What Was. the force of the Artillery ?—I do not tick can only be 'foreseen and• made on a know ledge Of the relative situation' and Strength of ' the know the .particulars ;1 aPptehend• the - Board of enemy's country, fortresses, and armed m e n •that Ordnance can give a detail of them; I cannot. g i ve can be brought in defence of both. - If the route of it upon recollection, and haVe not' it , marked down . meeting.. , , the arm • y is therefore to be taken as. in the first here. - - . • • Do you recollea at any other time since that pe, , ease, through Flanders, the country 'IS knoavii to be ' Was the 22d of June the earliest period at which riod, .being consulted relative ) to the expediency of 1 o n e of the most intricate in Europe for military 'ope- so large .a force could be collected ?e—Upon . my word I cannot say eiadly, , they tnight some days sooner ata.expeditioe to the Scheldt .—I do not, xecollea ' rations, being every were intersePted with deep upon the expediency, but I had: a great deal of ;running rivers, large canals; and - considerable perhaps ; on the 20th of May there was an atratige. ' communication of course with the Secretary of State ' ditches and inclosures, at the'same ante that the event of 25,000 men given ; afterwards, bets eon after that, from that time, till the expedition sailed".; , passes and important points are guarded by' for- that and this last date,,35,000 or more were assem- I mean th.ti I. never was called to a council or a bled; the -men . were- recovering fast; there' was a tresses and walled towns; the most intonsiderable g ie„ st great increase of inen during that period ; Ido not' meeting. . , . , of which are capable of Making a resistance a Was the expedition suspended in consequence . of think such a force as that could have, been well as,, . . an army scantily provided with siege artillery. Of the difficulties yoe have stated in procuring a suffi- the first class . near this rOute are NieupOrt, Ostend, sembled before that period which may be called an rtil . ' - cleat force ?-1 1 pon my word I cannot sad'sad'; it is i G he n t; O u de nar d e , D en d erm o n d, Brnisels,-Malines. ay of 40,000 men ; such a number could not not for me to judge of that. The progress of military operation's in Flanders, have been got sooner. ‘. .. • When was there any fresh communication upon : Have you any Papers in your Office which wou!d from the difficulties of advance; are well' known the. same, eubjed with you ?--Froin the 24th of , never to have teeen rapid. • . i ahew what was the largest force which could have March to the Bth ,of May there appears to have been i " With our state ofprepafation and. numbers, been assembled et different p eriods p revious to the no pec Ajar communication on the subject of Wal- : an attempt by this first route of a rapid March - 22d of June ?—I think not; it is very difficult to cheren from his Majesty's Government; I mean through Flanders to arrive ..at :Antwerp, would cer- ascertain the number atany particular point of time; official to me as Commander in Chief ; but every tainly be most singular, and perhaps without exam, we had monthly returns, and there were intermediate exertion continued to be made and urged to the se- returns, and there were returns of, the state of the , pie. For a veiy considerable fleet and army - must veral Corps to complete them fur service. sick, and so on ; but I,conld not make a calculation ; arrive and 'anchor on a part of the enemy's coast, What was the communication made to you the Bth which is at all times flat, dangerous, and:without I for every week ;of the numbers. of May, and by .whom ? — On the Bth of May Lord , bay or shelter of -any kind; in order to land on the When. were. you next consulted relative to this Castlereagh applied for the. state of the infantry in open beach .(bettwixt two of the enemy's fortresses) expedition ?—The next official communication was England, and the date that each battalion might be • about 30,000 men, 7or 800 e horses, and a cottsi- Lord eastierea g h's notification on the 27th of June, considered as fit for service, arid in a state for em- ' derable artillery, and perhaps other carriages and i of his Majesty's pleasure, that the Frail of Chatham : barkation :on the toth of May a return was trans- i horses, ,medical commissariat and baggage, if means should be appointed je the command of the forces milted to Lord Castlereagh of all the bittalious now 1 and circumstances allow ; to give up all communi-. for foreign service, and that Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote should be appOieted second in corn in England, with the effeaive strength of each : on ' cation with their shipping, and to march imrne- ; the 20th of May, Lord Castlereagh desired the mode . diately without tents, tor no Means of carrying them 1 wand. . a in which it would be proposed to brigade two corps, ' could be provided or depended on ; without hospital ; Wa s that the whole of,that communication l— one of 25,000 infantry and 5 , 000 cavalry , the other eq ui p ment, with onl y a scant y su pp l y of bread for That was the whole of that communication. a reserve of 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry : on a very few days, thropgli an hostile country, most i . What was the next communication of an *official I the 21st of May a scheme was transmit t ed to Lord i ntricate and difficult in its nature, where the use nature ?—On the 1 sth of July Lord Castlereagh re, - c a. qlereagh, specifying the battalions as they lay in of the canali could be so easily impeded, where the quested - that another cavalry- regimeat should be „Oisrrids for an army of 25,000 :infantry and 5,000 , bridge;, which are' numerous, would be destroyed, added; on the 17 th Lord Cas t lereagh was acquaint_ ea yahy ; that for the reserve was postponed; I was , where te enemy would immediately be in front, 'ed that the 2d Dragoon Gn irds were under order;. . not . ertabled to do it then. i reatr, and on both flanks, being chableal so to d;) i . When was the next cornalunioatio_s on this ,sub • , . Have the goodness to proceed in stating what passed between you-and his Majesty's Ministers on t the 24th, with respea to : the expedition ?—After every previous inquiry and report which had been made. from the commanding Officers .at the several stations of the troops, and from the well-known shattered situation of the army after the return of so large a portion of it from Spain, such a force could then not be provided ; besides the very indifferent general state of heal}h, there was not one of those porps. which 'returned froth Spain whose clothing, larrns, accontremehl;,' and other parts of military equipment, were not in a most detedive stale, and required considerable tinie,uncler'every exertion, to replace and repair. . . , Did any thing 'More pass between his Majesty's Ministers and yourself at that time relative to the projected expedition to the Scheldt ; and if there did, state what it was ?—I recollect no debate ,or diSeussion taking place t or opinion being called foi• ;. general conversation. might pass while I remained there. As I considereS.myseif sent for to answer on a particular suhjed, 1 retired soon after it was done ; and as I took no notes at that time, .1 have now no further, reccollettion of what passsed at that